First Sage Arwel's directives

 is an item in Tyranny.

Description
Sage Torven,

Kyros’ armies have been rebuffed for now, but it is only a temporary victory. I have no doubt that we may hold these walls a good deal longer, but you must remember that the Overlord aims not to butcher the Citadel’s keepers, but to destroy its secrets. Kyros is not omnipotent. Her powers may be known and understood in time, and she rightly fears the knowledge we hoard here.

The Silent Archive must be protected. There is no library in the Tiers that is its equal! Nothing else matters. Nothing. We may not know the Overlord’s plans, but, with time and research, we can circumvent any of her designs. I need you to ensure that we will have that time when the moment is right.

Focus your efforts on Sage Steya’s theoretical forays into temporal magic. While we were right to deny such dangerous experimentation before, now is the time in which its risks are justified. Gather the Elder Sages and make your way to the lower chambers. You are to remain there until you devise a solution to Steya’s problem of scale. Halting the flow of time in a single chamber won’t be sufficient if Kyros drowns us all in a storm or hurtles this library into the firmament. You must find a way to encase all of the Citadel in such a spell, should disaster come.

Your success isn’t optional. This library will be a distant memory if Kyros has her way. Should we both survive, I will be happy to congratulate you on your breakthrough. Until then, get to work.

-First Sage Arwel

Location

 * Burning Library